Thom Yorke ya ha escrito su carta a Papá Noel, y viene de lo más interesante. Y es que el músico ha participado dentro del proyecto británico, Letters Live, que pretende recuperar la tradición de escribir a Papa Noel antes de Navidad (o Santa Claus, según continente) junto con otros artistas como Benedict Cumberbatch o Jarvis Cocker.
En esta misiva, Thom Yorke pide, entre otras cosas, lo siguiente a Papa Noel: paz, esperanza, mucha nieve, y que no deje ningún regalo a políticos, o a ejecutivos de compañías petrolíferas. El cantante de Radiohead se posicionó hace apenas unos días en contra de las recientemente aprobadas maniobras militares en Siria, muy discutidas en el Parlamento Británico, y que ya se han ganado el rechazo de varios artistas y músicos.
Yorke escribe cosas como «siempre he intentado ser bueno, pero a veces he fallado espectacularmente«, «no voy a pedir solucionar los problemas de la humanidad«, o «para mí, unas gafas de lectura… azules» que se encuadran dentro de esta entrañable iniciativa, publicado a raíz del Día Nacional de Escribir Cartas (National Letter Writing Day, cosas británicas).
Pero como es mejor que podáis leerlo directamente, os transcribimos la carta original a continuación:
dear father christmas
it is years since i wrote to you.
i hope this letter finds you well and that the snow is still continuing to fall up in lapland.here it is mostly rain. not even jumper weather yet!
but the christmas albums are already being played in the shops.
that must be so embarrassing for you.i know this year you will be exceptionally busy for you.
we all expect a little too much of you now i think.
and there are so many imposters on television. even in the street.since i wrote to you last when i was 9 i have tried to be good, but sometimes failed spectacularly.
i have also tried to do what i’m told but often have delighted in doing the exact opposite.
but always i have tried to give love and try not to cause hurt.so
dear father christmas
what i’m saying is ..now that i’m 47, if i have any last remaining credit with you, i have just these small requests.
that my kids have a beautiful christmas
with love and understanding and peace.
perhaps some heavy snow? that would be really great.
and can you just send the precious things that will really mean something to them?
and can you send them some hope for the future. that is very important.i won’t ask you to solve the problems of the human race. those are our problems alone.
but perhaps this year you would consider not giving any presents to oil company executives and the politicians whose influence they buy?
and for me? just some reading glasses.. : / the blue ones.
yours completely sincerely
Thom
p.s. thanks for the zx81 computer when i was 11. that was really wicked.
